HIST 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Daniel Shays, Annapolis, Maryland, Northwest Ordinance
15 Dec 2015
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Drafted in 1796 by john dickinson, the articles of confederation established a single- chamber national congress elected by state legislatures, in which each state held only one vote. These articles notably left out both and executive and judicial branch, and provided congress no power to tax or regulate commerce. However, the articles established states" rights and also provided for american independence, uniting all the colonies during the war. The federal government lacked the power to tax and form a militia without the approval of all the states. Amending the articles was a difficult and tedious process, because the amendment would have to be accepted by each state in order to be passed. Pennsylvania militia routs congress, 1783: eighty soldiers marched from lancaster to. Philadelphia to obtain justice from the state government and congress on june 17, 1783. Protesting in front of independence hall, which housed congress and the state government, the rebels were successful in moving the government away from.
